Tie and rail-fastener.



All). WILLIAMS.

TIE AND RAIL PASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 3, 1911.

1,013,712. Patented Jan.2, 1912.

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INVENTOR.

1 ATTORNEYS,

1 ALFRED D. WTLLIAMS, OF GLASSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

Application filed June 3, 1911. Serial No. 630,988.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALFRED D. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Glassport, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTies and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of myinvent-ion are to provide a metallic tie possessing sufficient strengthand firmness to support the weight of rolling stock, and to provide atie having a bearing surface which will afford a sure and ready meansfor the attaching of rail chairs.

Other objects of my invention are to furnish a tie with fasteners thatwill preserve the alinement of the rails of the track, and to arrangethe fasteners whereby lateral and vertical displacement is practicallyimpossible.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a light endurable tie ata minimum cost and to furnish the same with a fastener that may berepeatedly adjusted to compensate for wear.

Still further objects of my invention are to obviate the necessity ofusing spikes, and to provide an insulated tie that can be advantageouslyused in connection with electrically equipped railways.

These, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are attained bya mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specificallydescribed and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein there is illustratedthe preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understoodthat the structural elements are susceptible to such variations as fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing-Figure l is a plan of a metallic tie and fastener. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the tie and fastener. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of amodified form of tie, equipped with the fastener. Fig. 5 is a plan of aninner fastener, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises end plates 1 havingvertical side walls 2. Riveted, or otherwise connected,

as at 3, to the inner ends of the plates 1 is a tie plate 4 havingalongitudinally depressed portion 5 adapted to add rigidity to the tieand provide means for anchoring the tie in the ballast of road-bed. Thedepressed portion 5 also provides clearance for part of the railfasteners, as will hereinafter appear, whereby the part of the railfasteners will be housed and retained at a point below the surface ofthe road-bed in order that the brake rigging or hanging parts of rollingstock can not engage or injure the same.

Interposed between the edges of the tie plate 4 and the end plates 1 arepieces of insulation 6 retained in position by the rivets or otherfastening means 3 of said plates.

Arranged upon the end plates 1 are chairs 7 preferably made of wood andadapted to support the base flanges 8 and 9 of rails 10. The chairs 7are of a less width than the plates 1, thereby providing a small spacebetween the side walls 2 and the sides of the chairs. 7

The side walls 2 of the end plate 1, at one end of the tie are providedwith trans verse pins 11 and slidably mounted upon the inner ends ofthese pins are the arms 12 with inner faces 13 adapted to engage theinner base flange 8 of the rail 10. The arms 12 have longitudinal slots14 and the outer ends of said arms are connected by a strap 15. Thisstrap, intermediate the ends thereof, has a set screw 16 adapted toengage the outer end of the chair 7, said set screw being fixed inadjusted position by a lock nut 17 Inner fasteners 18 are riveted, orotherwise connected, as at 19 to the walls 2 of the plate 1, at theopposite end of the tie, this form of inner fastener being preferably atone end of the tie, as the rail at the opposite end of the tie can beadjusted to provide the proper gage of the track. Slidably mounted uponthe outer ends of the pins 11 are the arms 20 of outer fasteners 21adapted to engage the outer base flange 9 of a rail 10. The arms 20 areslotted, as at 22, to provide clearance for the pins 11 and the innerends of said arms are connected by a strap 23. The outer fastener at theopposite end of the tie is identical, said fastener being slidablymounted upon oppositely projecting pins 24 carried by the side walls 2of the end plate 1. The straps 23 of the outer fasteners are providedwith longitudinal inwardly projecting tie rods 25, said rods adjacent tothe straps 23 having depending portions 26, whereby the rods can extendinto and longitudinally of the depressed portion 5 of the tie plate 4.The inner ends of the tie rods 25 are screwthreaded, as at 27, andadjustably mounted in insulators 28 mounted in the ends of a turn-buckle29. The insulators 28 are preferably made of porcelain or other durablematerial.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing there is illustrated a modification of theinvention, wherein the body of the tie, designated 30, is made ofconcrete, the ends of the tie having seats 31 for the chairs 7 and acentral portion of the tie having a longitudinal recess 32 for the turnbuckle 29 and the tie rods 2-5.

After the rail 10 have been positioned upon the chairs 7 with thefastenings in an open position, said fastenings can be easily adjustedto firmly clamp the rails to the chairs, said fastenings assisting inretaining the chairs upon the end plates, which, together with the tieplate, constitute the metallic tie. In the instance of the tie beingmade of concrete, the fasteners are carried by the vertical side walls33 of the concrete tie. These walls can be made of concrete or ofmetallic plates having the lower edges thereof embedded in the concretebody of the tie.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is 1. In a tieand rail fastener, end plates having vertical side walls, a tie plateconnecting said end plates and having a central depressed portion,chairs mounted upon said end plates and adapted to support rails, outerfastenings, slidably connected to the side walls of said end plates, tierods carried by said fasteners and extending into the depressed portionof said tie plate, a turn buckle connecting said tie rods, innerfasteners engaging said rails, and means adapted to adjustably hold oneof said inner fasteners.

2. In a tie and rail fastener, a tie, chairs arranged upon the ends ofsaid tie and adapted to support rails, outer fasteners engaging theouter base fianges of said rail, tie rods carried by said fasteners, aturnbuckle connecting said tie rods, inner fasteners engaging the innerbase flanges of said rails, and means adapted to adjust one of saidinner fasteners.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED D. WILLIAMS.

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Washington, D. G.

